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Leafy Seadragon Phycodurus eques 2500px PLW edit🌊

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SpeciesSyngnathiformesSyngnathidae
Fish

🌊Leafy seadragon

Phycodurus eques (Günther, 1865)

El dragón de mar foliado o foliáceo (Phycodurus eques) es un pez marino perteneciente a la familia Syngnathidae, la que incluye al caballito de mar. Es el único miembro del género Phycodurus. Es originario de las costas sur y oeste de Australia. Recibe su nombre debido a su aspecto foliáceo, pues posee largas prolongaciones en forma de hoja distribuidas a lo largo de su cuerpo. Estas prolongaciones no son utilizadas para la propulsión; su función es la del camuflaje. El dragón de mar foliáceo se propulsa mediante una aleta pectoral ubicada en el filo del cuello y una aleta dorsal cercana al extremo de la cola. Estas pequeñas aletas son prácticamente transparentes y difíciles de ver puesto que ondulan lo justo como para mover al animal suavemente, completando de este modo la impresión del animal como un alga flotante. Popularmente conocidos como «leafies» son el emblema marino de Australia Meridional y representan un ícono de la conservación marina.​​

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Also called
Glauerts Seadragon
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2017.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.35 m
Shoulder height
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Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
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Maximum lifespan
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Body length
0.35 mmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
3.33
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.33 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSyngnathiformes
  4. ›familySyngnathidae
  5. ›genusPhycodurus
  6. ›speciesPhycodurus eques
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  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderAcanthomorphata
  3. familySyngnathidae
  4. genusPhycodurus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. familySyngnathidae
  11. genusPhycodurus
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Phycodurus eques (fr), pławikonik australijski (pl), סוסון האצה (he), Phycodurus eques (es), Phycodurus eques (it), Großer Fetzenfisch (de) … and 20 more languages
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